Kentuckians remain divided about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but for the second straight year more of them clearly fav...
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Breckinridge County rejects tax for struggling hospital, which blames Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement cuts for its plight-HEALTHYLIVE
The Breckinridge County Fiscal Court has unanimously rejected Breckinridge Memorial Hospital 's request for a tax to shore up the fin...
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U of L looking for a partner to help it rescue Jewish Hospital-HEALTHYLIVE
Jewish Hospital is near University of Louisville Hospital. The University of Louisville is looking for a partner with which to ...
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Ky. drops three spots, to 45th, in America's Health Rankings; big drops in vaccinations follow state rule allowing easier exemption-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross , Kentucky Health News Kentucky dropped three spots in the latest America's Health Rankings , to 45th ...
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Altria, No. 1 U.S. cigarette maker, buying 35% of top e-cig maker; got Ky. legislature to drop proposed tax on e-cigs this spring-HEALTHYLIVE
Photo by Eva Hambach, Agence France-Presse , via Getty Images " Altria Group Inc. is nearing a deal to take a 35 percent st...
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Most on Medicaid will have co-payments starting Jan. 1; foes say it's a barrier to care, proponents say it improves engagement-HEALTHYLIVE
Ky. saw modest increases in employer-sponsored health costs in 2017; so high that many struggle to pay for it-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While much attention has recently been given to the number of people who sign up for health insur...
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Good news: About 1/2 of Ky. adults got a flu shot in the past 12 months. Bad news: About 1/2 didn't. it's not too late to get one.-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new Kentucky Health Issues Poll found that about half of Kentucky adults got a flu shot in the ...
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More children lack health insurance; Kentucky kids' uninsured rate rose to 3.8% in 2017, from 3.3% in 2016-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in the United States and ...
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Surgeon general issues national advisory on epidemic use of youth e-cig use; all agree it will take everyone to curb epidemic-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Electronic-cigarette use among teens is so widespread that the top U.S. public health official ha...
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AG Andy Beshear says he will 'lead the fight' to overturn Texas federal judge's ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional-HEALTHYLIVE
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin shakes hands with Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear before one of Bevin's State of the Common...
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Hepatitis A outbreak exceeds 3,000 cases; may be slacking off, but it's done that before; experts say: wash hands, get vaccinated-HEALTHYLIVE
Chart by WKYT-TV , based on data from Kentucky Department for Public Health , adapted by Kentucky Health News Kentucky Health Ne...
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As support for medical marijuana in Kentucky increases, a resolution asks the federal government to speed research on it-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As support for legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes grows in the General Assembly, l...
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Adair County newspaper looks at local syringe exchange, finds most of its clients are from Taylor County, which doesn't have one-HEALTHYLIVE
The demand for syringe exchanges crosses county lines; if local governments haven't allowed one in a county where intravenous drug use...
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Kentucky's spending on tobacco prevention and cessation goes up, but still falls far short of federal recommendations-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky leads the nation in smoking and tobacco-related health costs, but ranks 35th in how much it spends from tobacco-tax revenue and the...
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If Ky. teenagers' use of e-cigarettes continues at its current pace, look for a new generation of adult smokers, conference is told-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky teachers have plenty to keep up with in the schools, which can cause an issue like teena...
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Court of Appeals OKs release of testimony that could reveal more about how Purdue Pharma promoted OxyContin, opioid epidemic-HEALTHYLIVE
https://www.statnews.com/2018/12/14/purdue-pharma-oxycontin-appeal-ruling/ from Kentucky Health News https://ift.tt/2Cf2VPJ
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Dwain Harris of Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center named first chief executive officer of National AHEC Organization-HEALTHYLIVE
Dwain Harris Dwain Harris, director of the Southern Kentucky Area Health Education Center in Mount Vernon for the past 14 years,...
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State and national officials urge Kentuckians to sign up for health insurance on Healthcare.gov; deadline is Saturday, Dec. 15 -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Just days before the end of open enrollment on Healthcare.gov , national and state officials are ...
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